As a new generation begins to use the Internet, social networks are the hardest hit. This is why the topic of how young Americans use the Internet is always accompanied by the "Facebook adult crisis". The following is an American college student of 19 describing his views on current American social networking sites in his blog.
For college students, Facebook is dead, and many people start to stay away from Facebook after graduating from middle school (that is to say, Facebook is still very popular among middle school students). But it is even more strange if you don't have a Facebook account, because everyone is using Facebook. After knowing each other, you are used to adding friends on Facebook, and even after adding them, you don't have much contact.
There are two main functions for college students to use Facebook. One is the activity function of Facebook, such as finding offline parties on Facebook. The other is Facebook.
Messenger Although college students don't often use Facebook, Facebook Messenger is still one of their first choices to contact friends.
Photo wall
College students' favorite social application-from Facebook family. Although everyone is on Facebook, the most frequently used social application is Instagram.
Why is Instagram so popular? The main reasons are content quality and privacy policy. The content on Instagram is of high quality, and people don't send too many pictures a day. In terms of privacy, users' likes and concerns will not be broadcast, which reduces social pressure. In addition, many older people have never used Instagram, so young people think it is still a cool application.
Many college students don't understand Twitter. In addition to people who can't read Twitter, there are also a group of people who are very keen on using Twitter.
College students' use of Twitter can be basically divided into three categories: one is complaining or expressing themselves, the other is hoping that the information they send can be found by future employers, and the last is just going up to see what others are saying.
Burn after reading (a photo sharing software)
Snapchat is becoming the favorite social application for college students. Burn after reading, my story about setting the time of destruction.
Its function (similar to WeChat circle of friends) makes Snapchat the place where college students are most willing to express their true self. On Snapchat, college students don't feel social pressure at all, because everything will disappear, so there is nothing they can't post.
Take attending a party as an example. College students will post the best photos on Instagram and some good photos on Facebook, but they will post photos of themselves going to the party, during the party, leaving the party and waking up the next day on Snapchat.
Tumblr
This is also a place for people to show their true selves, but the difference is that this true self will not be compared with reality. Simply put, Tumblr has the same attention function as Twitter, except that most people use real information on Twitter. Tumblr is like an anonymous social network.
People can find like-minded people they don't know in real life on Tumblr. Anonymity makes it difficult for others to criticize their true selves through Tumblr.
Yik yak
Yik Yak is a social network that only appeared in the last year or two, and its main job is campus social network. College students like Yik Yak because of its anonymity. Due to anonymity, Yik
There are no operations such as following and adding friends. On Yak, and the core is the content published by anonymous users. Because all the content comes from people in the same school, it is very relevant to everyone.
However, due to the emphasis on the regional characteristics around the campus, almost no one will use Yik Yak during school holidays.
Foreign mobile dating software
This is more like a 18+ social application, but it is very popular in universities. If you don't use Tinder, you must have friends who use this app. Many girls will share the strange ways of boys chatting up on Tinder.
Most students will download WhatsApp when they go abroad and delete it when they return home. But for international students, WhatsApp is very popular. For native Americans, FB
Messenger is still popular.
Business interpersonal network
Because college students face the problem of finding a job, they must have a LinkedIn account. But it is precisely because of this that most people register for LinkedIn after they go to college.
Pinqu
Only popular among female college students, or students who are interested in art.
Wien
Many people watch short videos on Vine, but don't send them. Many people don't install the Vine app on their mobile phones, but they will find short videos in Vine on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.
Like Vine, many people will read the content on Reddit, but never publish it. Reddit's voting function is very popular, which makes it easier to express your support or opposition.
Google+
Except for a few people who pay attention to technology, few people use it.
After reading the above introduction, do you know what kind of social network you should use to study in the United States? If you are a technical expert, don't forget to use Google+. I hope the above content is helpful to you. For more information about studying in the United States, please pay attention to Tiandao Education American Undergraduate Study Channel.